Tokiwa Daijo - Tokiwa Daijo

A Buddhist scholar from the Meiji to Showa periods. Born in Miyagi Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Philosophy, College of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University in 1898 (Meiji 31). He became a professor at the same university, and after retiring, served as a professor at Toyo University and a council member of the Tokyo Research Institute of the Institute of Oriental Culture. Between 1917 (Taisho 6) and 1929 (Showa 4), he traveled to China five times and surveyed cultural and historical sites related to the three religions of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. He wrote 15 volumes, including "Chinese Buddhist Historical Sites," "A Survey of Chinese Buddhist Historical Sites," and "Chinese Cultural Historical Sites" (co-authored with Sekino Tadashi), making a significant contribution to the study of Chinese Buddhism. His other works include "Studies on Buddha Nature," "Studies on the Baolin Biography," "Complete List of Translations of Buddhist Scriptures from the Later Han to the Song and Qi Dynasties," one volume each of "Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism in China," and "Studies on Chinese Buddhism" in three volumes.

[Rouen Ikeda September 19, 2017]

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明治～昭和期の仏教学者。宮城県生まれ。1898年（明治31）東京帝国大学文科大学哲学科を卒業。同大学教授となり、退官後、東洋大学教授、東方文化学院東京研究所評議員を歴任。1917年（大正6）から1929年（昭和4）の間に五度中国に渡り、仏教・儒教・道教の三教に関する文化史跡を踏査した。『支那(しな)仏教史蹟(しせき)』『支那仏教史蹟踏査記』、『中国文化史蹟』（関野貞(せきのただし)共著）15巻を著し、中国仏教研究に多大の業績を残した。ほかに『仏性の研究』『宝林伝の研究』『後漢(ごかん)より宋斉(そうせい)に至る訳経総録』『支那に於(お)ける仏教と儒教道教』各1巻、『支那仏教の研究』3巻などの著書がある。

［池田魯參　2017年9月19日］

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